Innocence on Trial

• Author : Joan McEwen
• Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
• Release : 27 September 2014

In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge. A short time later he found himself on trial for ten charges of sexual assault—crimes he vehemently denied committing. Henry spent twenty-seven years in prison before a 2010 DNA test proved his innocence and secured his release. To this day, however, he has not been compensated or publicly exonerated. This is a powerful, heartbreaking, frustrating story of justice

• Author : George Sava
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 January 1981

• Author : Anne Mather
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1988

• Author : Susan Hufford
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1978

• Author : Donald J. Newman
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1974

• Author : Richard L. Lippke
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 01 February 2016

The notion that an individual accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty is one of the cornerstones of the American criminal justice system. However, the presumption of innocence creates a number of practical and theoretical issues, particularly regarding pre-trial and post-trial processes. In Taming the Presumption of Innocence, Richard L. Lippke argues that the presumption of innocence should be contained to the criminal trial. Beyond the realm of the trial, legal professionals, investigators, and the general public

• Author : Gorden, Caroline,Birkbeck, Christopher
• Publisher : Policy Press
• Release : 11 April 2022

From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile criminal cases. These case studies examine how ‘guilt’ and ‘innocence’ are constructed in the courts and in wider society, using the themes of evidence and narratives; credibility; rhetoric and oratory in the court room; social status; vulnerability and false confessions; diminished responsibility and the media and social judgments. Written for criminology, sociology, law, and criminal justice students,

• Author : David P. Miraldi
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 05 July 2017

A work of historical fiction, The Edge of Innocence, is a legal thriller based on the 1964 trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water. The book recreates the tension and excitement of this sensational courtroom battle, while exposing the uncertain edge that often divides guilt from innocence.

• Author : Edward F. Connors
• Publisher : DIANE Publishing
• Release : 03 June 1996

The development of DNA technology furthers the search for truth by helping police & prosecutors in the fight against violent crime. Most of the individuals whose stories are told in the report were convicted after jury trials & were sentenced to long prison terms. They successfully challenged their convictions, using DNA tests on existing evidence. They had served, on average, seven years in prison. By highlighting the importance & utility of DNA evidence, this report presents challenges to the scientific & justice communities. A

• Author : Anita Kalunta-Crumpton
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 13 August 2018

First published in 1999, this book offers an innovative study of the impact that courts have upon the representation of black people in criminal statistics in the UK. In the past, research in this area has focused on sentencing and upon why black people are disproportionately represented in the prison population. Such studies have, however, overlooked the potential significance of discrimination in the pre-sentence social processes of the courts. Anita Kalunta-Crumpton adopts a new approach which examines the progress of cases

• Author : George C. Thomas
• Publisher : University of Michigan Press
• Release : 09 February 2010

The chief mandate of the criminal justice system is not to prosecute the guilty but to safeguard the innocent from wrongful convictions; with this startling assertion, legal scholar George Thomas launches his critique of the U.S. system and its emphasis on procedure at the expense of true justice. Thomas traces the history of jury trials, an important component of the U.S. justice system, since the American Founding. In the mid-twentieth century, when it became evident that racism and

• Author : Brandon L. Garrett
• Publisher : Harvard University Press
• Release : 03 September 2012

On January 20, 1984, Earl WashingtonÑdefended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty caseÑwas found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence

• Author : Asharntay Kingston
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 02 January 2017

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: A, , course: Laws of evidence, language: English, abstract: This discussion will concentrate on the ‘cornerstone principles’ of the right to a fair trial, namely: the presumption of innocence and the standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt, in relation to prevention of wrongful conviction. It will be argued in accordance with Sundby that these procedural features undeniably benefit the accused in the usual criminal procedure, as

• Author : Ms Sarah Lucy Cooper
• Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Release : 28 May 2014

This volume brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives. The contributors consider the challenges faced by the exoneration movement, causes of wrongful convictions, problems associated with investigating, proving, and defining ‘innocence’, and theories of reform. These issues are investigated from a multi-disciplinary perspective and with the aim of improving the American criminal justice system when it is faced with its most harrowing sight: an innocent

• Author : Mary HUNTER (of Manchester.),Philip H. HOLLAND
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 2023